Stovepipe and thimble fastener



' (No Model.) l Y Wr ESCOTT 8v.; G'. W. WISNER.

STOVEPIPE AND ATHIMBLE FASTENER.

N0.5o4,369. ,Patent-edseptg, 1893.k

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. SCOTT AND GEORGE W. WISNER, OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

STOVEPIPE AND THIMBLE FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,369, datedSeptember 5, 1893.

Application filed April 17, 1893. Serial No. 470,718. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Beit known that we, WILLIAM H. ScoTT and GEORGE W. WISNER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Manhattan, in the county of Riley andState of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Stovepipe and ThimbleFastener, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in stove pipe and thimblefasteners.

The object of the present invention is to provide simple and effectivemeans for securing a thimble in a stove hole, and for fastening a stovepipe to the thimble capable of enabling the parts to be readily securedin place and be quickly detached therefrom when desired. f

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view of a stovepipe and a portion of a chimney provided with fastening devices,constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detailperspective view of the inner end of a stove pipe.

Like numerals of reference indicate correspending parts in both thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a thimble, provided at its outer end with an annular flange2 and having secured at its inner end by rivets or other fasteningdevices iieXible clips 3 having their outer ends 4bent at rghtangles tothe length of the thimble to engage the inner wall of the chimney toprevent the withdrawal of the thimble. The outer ends of the clips 3 arebent at an angle to provide stops 5, which limit the inward movement ofthe stove pipe 6. The stove pipe 6 is provided at its inner end with anL-shaped or bayonet slot 7, adapted to engage a bolt 8 or otherprojection, whereby the stove pipe is securely fastened within thethimble. In placing the stove pipe in the thimble the longitudinalbranch of the slot is brought opposite the bolt, after which the stovepipe is moved inward to bring the bolt at the transverse branch when thestove pipe is turned to lock it. A perforated lug 9 is arranged on theexterior of the stove pipe near the inner end a short distance from thebayonet slot and has secured to it astay wire lO, which may be attachedby a bolt l1 or other fastening device with other sections of a stovepipe to enable all the sections to be connected with the chimney toprevent the stove pipe from accidentally collapsing.

It will be seen that the stove pipe and thimble fastenings are simpleand inexpensive in construction, that they are positive and reliable andmay be readily applied to a stove pipe and thimble, and that they willenable those parts to be quickly secured in proper n position in thestove hole of a chimney.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What we claim is- The combination of a stove pipe thimble provided atits outer end with an annular iiange and having between its ends aninwardly extending bolt, the clips secured to the inner end of thethimble and having their outer ends bent outwardly atan angleandtheirother ends bent inwardly atan angle, a stove pipe provided With'aperforated lug and having a bayonet slot to engage said bolt, and a staywire secured to the perforated lug, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own We have heretoaflixed our signatures in the presenceV of two witnesses.

, WILLIAM H. SCOTT.

GEORGE W. WISNER.

Witnesses to signature of Wm. I-I. Scott:

LUKE J. HOPE,

A. MOKEENAN. v Witnesses to signature of George W. Wisner:

THos. HUNTER, Y C. E. BOWEN.

